Identity
Person No.
31442
Old ROH no.
35649
Service No.
79687208CK
Last Name
First Name
First Name Unknown
Initials
F N U
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,204
Drowned
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Defence Force
SADF 3,848
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
1979 Army. Right column. 1st name from the top (Maarman). Wall initials A.J.; ROH F.N.U. — not overwritten
Notes
Son of Mrs. A. J. Maarman. Missing and declared dead 13 May 1982
Research notes
SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Hitchens–Human, Wolmarans) to 1979 SAA (Akaando–Djolomien, Maarman–Saal)". 1979 Army. Right column. 1st name from the top (Maarman). Wall initials A.J.; ROH F.N.U. — not overwritten.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 14 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
Salmon van As was tried by the British Military Court for killing Captain Ronald Miers on the 29 Sept 1901. He was found guilty of murder and sentenced to be executed on the 23 June 1902. The firing squad consisted of 10 men of the Somersets. Van As refused to be blindfolded. There was no proper burial. A fellow Boer later planted a thorn tree on the grave. A few years after the war Van As's father received a letter from the British government, in which the acknowledged that his son, Salmon van As, did not receive a fair trial and that the sentence was wrong. The family were entitled to a claim of compensation - which the father declined to enter. The so-called witnesses were not even present when Captain Miers was killed and Van As had to represent himself. You will find Veldkornets van As's grave at the Heidelberg Kloof cemetary.
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